News tagged with cyclooxygenase family


Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties

Chemistry /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic ...





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Acetaminophen may be linked to asthma in children and adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug.


Family partnership, education interventions lower heart failure patients' salt consumption

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according ...


DU professor advises families to refocus for holidays to ease financial tension (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Martha Wadsworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver (DU), says during the holidays families should focus on what has been proven to matter most in psychological research - quality family time.


Facebook to keep profiles of the dead

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Death doesn't erase the online footprints that people leave in life and Facebook won't either, though it will make some changes.


Potential lung disease biomarkers yield clues to COX-2 inhibitor side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In searching for a simple way to identify individuals with smoking-related lung injury, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have stumbled upon a potential explanation for why the class of pain-relievers known as COX-2 ...


New target for maintaining healthy blood pressure discovered

New Target for Maintaining Healthy Blood Pressure Discovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand the role of prostaglandins - a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system - in blood pressure maintenance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ...


Bosses exaggerate women's family-work conflict

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Decades into the era of two-earner households, the virtues of family-friendly policies are all but universally assumed in the corporate world. But now new research suggests serious potential pitfalls for ...


Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt ...


Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...


Elderly depression lessened when relatives keep them informed on family matters

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The elderly are less likely to feel depressed if their relatives keep them updated about important family matters, a new study indicates.



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